Gillie

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Scots A professional fishing and hunting guide. See Regional Note at mozo.
  • n. A low-cut sports shoe with fringed laces.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. male attendant on a Scottish Highland chief
  • n. fishing and hunting guide
  • n. A man or boy who attends to a person who is hunting or fishing in Scotland.
  • n. A low-cut type of shoe with decorative lacing.
  • v. To be a gillie (a hunting or fishing guide) for (someone).
  • n. A gill of an alcoholic drink.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A boy or young man; a manservant; a young male attendant, in the Scottish Highlands.
  • n. a lowcut shoe without a tongue and decorative lacing.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. In the Highlands of Scotland, a man-servant; a lad or young man employed as an attendant; an outdoor male servant, more especially one who is connected with or attends a person while hunting.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a shoe without a tongue and with decorative lacing up the instep
  • n. a young male attendant on a Scottish Highlander chief
  • Equivalent
    gilly   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    shoe    attendant    tender    attender   
    Cross Reference
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    manservant   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Billie    Billy    Chantilly    Chile    Lillie    Lilly    Lily    Millie    Milly    Philly   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    dook    getter    housedog    foxhound    gambling-house    ovine    victualer    wagoner    nonfiction    monkey-faced